Chapter 104

At the end of October, the weather had gotten cold.

In the morning, when you lifted the covers to get up, you would be slightly shrunken by the freezing morning air.

Dantong hadn’t moved when Xingyu got up, so as usual, she went into his room to shake him awake.

The siblings washed up one after another, just in time to sit down for breakfast.

Taking a sip of hot millet porridge, Zhen Zhen looked at Xing Yu and said, “Now that the college entrance examination has officially resumed, although you still have two years to go before the college entrance examination, but you have to work hard, and you can no longer take it seriously and muddle through.”

Zhen Zhen’s words were mainly for Xing Yu to hear.

Dantong has always been a smart child who loves to study, and is calm and steady, even without the college entrance exam for the past ten years, her cultural achievements have always been among the top in her grade, so she doesn’t need to be told too much.

In the past, whenever Zhen Zhen and Shui Huai Ming talked about studying hard at home, Xing Yu would always retort with “studying is useless”, but now that studying was suddenly useful, he had nothing to say in return.

He poured the rice porridge in his bowl and answered, “Oh, …….”

Xingyu is not good at culture, and he doesn’t like to study.

Seeing his attitude, Mr. 渚嶆樊閾� added: “If you don’t study hard, you won’t be able to go to college, and you’ll be a lot worse off than other people in society. Your big sister at least has a specialty in dancing, what do you know?”

Xingyu did not answer, Dantong said, “He can grow vegetables and cook.”

“……” Xingyu looked at Dantong as he pounded his millet porridge.

He really doesn’t have any special hobbies and interests, he usually likes to think about cooking, and also likes to primp the small vegetable plot in the yard. He has never had any big ambitions, just enough to feed and clothe himself.

Of course, all parents want their children to be successful.

Zhen Zhen and Shihuaiming talked to Xingyu a little more, and after dinner, they left together to go to work and school.

When they got to the gate, they locked the door and went out to the neighborhood.

Zhen Zhen walked over to Wen and asked with a smile, “Did DouDou and ZiYan go to school early again?”

Wen said, “Yes, they got up before dawn to wash up and left, so I guess they didn’t even sleep for four hours a night.”

Zhen Zhen still smiled, “It’s mainly because of the time constraints and the heavy workload.”

Wen shook her head, “I’m afraid our Doudou won’t be able to pass the exam.”

Zhen Zhen: “If you can’t pass the exam, you can take it again next year.”

……

After everyone left the hutong, they split up and dispersed.

The first time I saw her, she told me that she had decided to quit her job.

Shizuku knows that Jenny has been thinking about quitting for a long time.

Seeing Jane’s attitude now, Shizuku asks, “Have you really decided?”

Jenny nodded, “I want to spend more time doing what I want to do.”

After more than a decade of repression, the world is slowly changing, and she wants to live the life she wants to live.

Shizuku also knew what Zhen Zhen wanted to do and only smiled, “Since you’ve thought about it, quit your job and do it. The family doesn’t need the money you earn anyway, so you can do whatever makes you happy.”

After finishing the matter of quitting the job, the two mentioned Li Shuang again.

Wen said, “If you suddenly quit your job, the position will be vacant, why don’t we ask Shuang if she wants to come out to work now? He Shuo has been vindicated for so many years, she has also been bored at home for so many years to adjust, her mentality and mental state are much better than before, and now the world has changed, maybe she also wants to come out to meet people.”

Zhen Zhen thinks it’s okay, “Then let’s ask her after work at noon.”

She said and laughed unconsciously, “This post was originally taken over by her first, after she was suspended, I went to cover the vacancy, and now that I’m not doing it anymore, I’m letting her cover the vacancy again, so it’s really a back and forth.”

The two of them talked and laughed along the way, and went to work at the unit on time.

Determined, Zhen Zhen did not hesitate, to the unit and told the leader resigned from the matter.

The leader sincerely retained her for a while, and finally approved it naturally.

If you put this in an ordinary family, doing a good job suddenly resigned, other people certainly can not understand.

But for a family like Zhen Zhen’s, without any financial pressure, it’s not a big deal to quit if you don’t want to do it.

After returning from work and having lunch, Zhen Zhen and Wen went to see Li Shuang.

The three of them sat by the lilac tree basking in the warm sun, and Zhen Zhen asked Li Shuang, “Do you want to go out to work now?”

Li Shuang hadn’t worked for many years and had long since lost touch with society.

She was not a housewife, and she really wanted to go out to work and get more in touch with society.

In the previous few years, because the social environment was still rather depressing, and she had knots and concerns in her heart, so she was stuffy at home and didn’t go out. But recently her mindset has gotten better, and the social climate has become more relaxed, so she’s been thinking about it.

Now that Zhen Zhen and Ah Wen had come over and mentioned it to her, it had hit the nail on the head.

However, she was still a little too formal to let go, and hesitated for a while, asking Zhen Zhen and Wen, “I haven’t gone out to work for so many years, I don’t even know what it’s like inside the unit anymore, so I’m suddenly going to go back to work again, is it possible?”

Zhen Zhen smiled and said, “What’s wrong with that? You are forgetting ah, when I came down from the countryside, have not seen anything, and illiterate, then not still do a good job, into the post?”

Li Shuang looked at Zhen Zhen, think about it, when Zhen Zhen had so many difficulties in front of her, are step by step to step, the impossible into possible, she is now facing this difficulty is nothing.

She just needed to relax and try to adapt.

With the encouragement of Zhen Zhen and Ah Wen, Li Shuang gained more confidence.

After having confidence, she also had a decision in her heart, she nodded at Zhen Zhen and Ah Wen, “I’ll go then.”

Saying goodbye to this, all three were in a good mood.

When they were about to go inside to get a drink of water, they suddenly heard a voice from the courtyard door, “Mom!”

The three people turned their heads to look at the sound, only to see He Ziran standing on the courtyard gate with a package on his back.

He Ziran went to the army also almost three years, the first two years of compulsory military service during no family leave, so until now has not come back, this is the first time he came back after the army left.

Originally thought to go to the army as a soldier can change a change in He Ziran body gangster, but now look, he body of the stock of the flow of air is still there. But the training wasn’t for nothing, and his whole body still looks a lot more upright.

His return was so sudden that Li Shuang, Zhen Zhen and Ah Wen didn’t react for a moment.

He Ziran walked into the courtyard, looked at the three people and said, “Don’t you recognize me?”

Reacting, Li Shuang’s eyes light up, “How could I not recognize you, of course I do. Why did you come back so suddenly? Did you apply for a family vacation to come back? Why didn’t you tell me in advance?”

He Ziran says, “I’m afraid that you won’t let me come back, I was discharged from the army.”

“What?” Li Shuang, Zhen Zhen, and Ah Wen uttered their voices together.

Stunned for a moment, Li Shuang asked alone, “You made a mistake?”

He Ziran said in a relaxed tone, “No, I applied for my own discharge, being a soldier is so meaningless.”

Hearing this, Li Shuang’s blood rushed to her head at once.

She held her breath and endured, but her voice was still high, “What do you want to do if you don’t become a soldier?!”

He Ziran smiled danglingly, “Come back to take the college entrance exam.”

Li Shuang was so angry that she wanted to hit him, “You’re taking the exam, my ass!”

She said, “Wait for your father to come back tonight, if I don’t let him skin you, I’ll take your name!”

He Ziran didn’t panic, smiled again and said, “I’m doing a job transfer, the country will still arrange a job for me.”

Li Shuang was still angry and clenched his teeth.

Although the country will give the arrangement of work, but he enlisted for a short period of time, did not do the work, simply will not give any decent work, can only be an errand boy.

Think about people Cheng Chen, than He Zi Ran four years earlier enlisted in the army, so many years in the army down-to-earth and hardworking, large and small achievements made a lot, he enlisted only how long ah, do not want to dry back.

Even if you don’t expect him to have any great success, but you can’t hang around for the rest of your life, right?

When he was in his teens, he was a hooligan, but now he’s in his twenties, and he’s got a family.

Zhen Zhen and Ah Wen naturally understand the mood of Li Shuang, but this child has completed the formalities, this has become a thing that can not be helped. It’s just that time is almost up, Zhen Zhen and Ah Wen will go to work first.

Zhen Zhen will work for another half day and let Li Shuang take over for her tomorrow.

All the people in the hutong have left, only Li Shuang and He Ziran are left.

Li Shuang was so angry that she didn’t talk to He Ziran again in the afternoon, originally thinking that he could be managed well in the army, but he didn’t expect to come back for three years, but he is still this asshole.

He Shuo left early for work at noon, and He Ziyan went to school even earlier, so they didn’t know about He Ziran until they came back in the evening. He Shuo was also angry, but didn’t say much, he couldn’t really skin him.

And things are already like this, can only let him be, at least there is a job.

He said to participate in the college entrance examination that is bullshit, basically did not study when he went to school, now take what to participate in the college entrance examination?

After dinner in the evening, Zhen Zhen practiced violin as usual.

After practicing, she put the violin down and put it away, and came over to talk to Mr. Huai Ming: “Zi Ran is no one’s business in those years, mixed up and dispersed, the heart can’t be collected, so he’s always hanging around.”

It was all a matter of choice.

The child has grown up and has his own opinions and ideas, so he can’t be controlled even if he wants to.

Serving Huai Ming said, “He is already a twenty-three or twenty-four year old adult, should be responsible for his own life.”

The parents have done their part by bringing him up through thick and thin.

He Zi Ran that after all is not his own family child, say a few words also forget it.

Zhen Zhen also said his own children, “Sui Sui’s road is considered to be set, she is even born for the stage, Dantong smart and understanding of good cultural achievements, and there is nothing to call people do not feel at ease, is Xingyu …….”

As a father, Serving Huai Ming naturally knows that Xing Yu’s qualifications in all aspects are ordinary.

Although he and Zhen Zhen will usually give Xingyu some pressure, hoping that he can develop in a better direction, but in their hearts they actually also understand that the probability that this child will not be able to become a great talent.

Serving Huai Ming said, “As long as he doesn’t grow crooked and can support himself, that’s all.”

Zhen Zhen was actually not anxious, and said with relief, “The pressure still needs to be put on him a little bit, and if it really doesn’t work out, there’s really nothing that can be done about it, and he can’t starve anyway.”

Of course, being born in a family like theirs, they can’t starve.

When they were tired of talking, they pulled out the light and went to bed.

Zhen Zhen lying on the bed to relax the tendons, even the voice is also soft, out of the voice, said: “Tomorrow I want to sleep until the natural wake up, you all are not allowed to disturb me.” I quit my job, so I’ll make up for my sleep first.

Serving Huai Ming smiled a little, “OK, breakfast for you to stay in the pot.”

Zhen Zhen closed her eyes and sounded happy, “I’m going to live like a god from now on.”

Servant Huai Ming: “I want to retire early and live like an immortal with you.”

Zhen Zhen: “That won’t do, you have to support your family.”

***

The next morning, Servant Huai Ming and Dan Tong Xing Yu really didn’t wake up Zhen Zhen.

Zhen Zhen slept until she woke up naturally, and when she got up, she laid down on the bed and put up a left and a right slouch.

Lying under the warm blanket, she couldn’t help but sigh – it’s still the most comfortable day when no one cares about her!

Of course, she didn’t want to stay at home all day like this, so she got up after a while.

After getting up, washing up and eating, filling her stomach and loosening her muscles, she went to her room and sat down, picking up a pen and paper to write.

She used to write more essays, but now she also writes essays, but mainly novels.

She has ideas for short, medium and long stories, and she is slowly writing them.

She writes slowly, and then she has to revise it over and over again.

The output is not much, but each piece is the blood of the heart.

After a day of writing at home, I went out to relax for a while after dinner.

When Li Shuang and Ah Wen came to call her, she went to the playground with them and ran into Chen’s sister-in-law outside her house, so she dragged her there with her.

The four of them took a walk and chatted for a while.

Zhen Zhen mainly asked Li Shuang about going to work today, asking her how she felt.

After all, it is a job that has been done before, although slightly uncomfortable, but Li Shuang is still doing quite well.

Hearing Li Shuang say so, Zhen Zhen naturally also assured.

After talking about Li Shuang’s work, she noticed that Chen’s sister-in-law’s smile is very thick on her eyes, and this way she seems to have been smiling, trying to hold back the look.

Zhen Zhen looked at Chen’s sister-in-law carefully for a while, and asked with a smile, “Sister-in-law, do you have something to be happy about?”

When Zhen Zhen asked this, Ah Wen and Li Shuang could also see how happy Sister-in-law Chen was.

Sister-in-law Chen, however, didn’t admit it and busily said, “Nothing joyful.”

But when she said no on her lips, her expression that there was.

What can’t she say about the happy event? The more she didn’t want to say, the more Zhen Zhen, Li Shuang and Ah Wen chased after her to ask.

So Chen’s sister-in-law couldn’t hold back any longer, she converged the smile on her face and still said, “It’s my Cheng Chen’s matter, I happened to receive a letter from him before I came out just now, and he told me in the letter that he’s going to be transferred to the headquarters.”

This was really big news, and of course Zhen Zhen’s three people instantly understood why she didn’t want to talk about it.

Naturally, it was because He Ziran suddenly retired from the army and came back, fearing that Li Shuang would hear about it and feel uncomfortable.

And Li Shuang’s heart did feel a little uncomfortable, this is human nature.

Considering Li Shuang’s mood, Zhen Zhen and Ah Wen didn’t act too exaggeratedly.

Of course, Li Shuang didn’t show any unhappiness either, and said with the same smile, “Your family’s Cheng Chen is just promising and steady, unlike our family’s He Ziran, who can’t do anything.”

Chen’s sister-in-law picked up the conversation and comforted Li Shuang, saying, “Your family Zi Ran hasn’t found what he likes to do yet.”

Li Shuang smiled to himself, “He likes to be a hooligan.”

Speaking of which, when Cheng Chen was with him, how come he was so carefree?

Now Cheng Chen has been transferred to the headquarters, and he, He Ziran, is still a gangster.

He can’t be a jerk for the rest of his life.

Chen’s sister-in-law asked Li Shuang: “What did he say about his job?”

Li Shuang said, “He went to the military resettlement office today, and they said there are no vacancies at the moment, so they told him to go home and wait for a job, and notify him at the first opportunity, so when will he have to wait? No, we have to let his father find a unit, the unit side is willing to take people, and then let the resettlement office side to go through a procedure.”

Chen’s sister-in-law added: “Recently, there are more intellectual youths returning to the city one after another from the countryside, and jobs in the city are really in short supply. There are still many people who are preparing to take the college entrance examination and not looking for a job, or else street sweeping jobs are in demand.”

Li Shuang: “His father and I are really pissed off by him, and he’s still acting like he’s fine.”

Chen’s wife: “Don’t be angry, children can’t help their mothers, let him be, maybe one day he will be anxious.”

Li Shuang: “It’s too late to rush, nothing can catch up. Speaking of which, he is not stupid, as long as he wants, things can be done well, these years in the army’s performance is also good, but he is just hanging around, no one tube also not convinced ……”